20. Cleveland Sports

Growing up near the city, we honestly just couldn't single out one of our favorite franchises to "acknowledge" as being hilariously bad.

Consider this: After the Cavaliers canned Byron Scott the other day after three seasons, Terry Francona is the longest tenured head coach of the three major sports in the town—and he was hired on October 6, 2012.

19. 2009-10 New Jersey Nets

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OK, so the Nets were clearly bad by the end of the season—when they finished with a paltry 12-70 record during the season—but considering they set an NBA record by losing their first 18 games to begin the season, it was a complete mess from the start.

It's no wonder the state of Jersey wanted to ship them off to Brooklyn!

17. 1992-93 Dallas Mavericks

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Before the Mavs franchise had brash billionaire owner Mark Cuban calling the shots and a 12-year run to the postseason, which just ended this year, they were continuously a laughingstock of the league.

While they had bad seasons throughout the '90s, their 1992-93 effort was absolutely atrocious.

Finishing with a 11-71 record, the squad set a NBA record for the second-fewest wins in a season (since tied by the 1997-98 Denver Nuggets).

15. 1983-1988 Columbia Football

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Like many Ivy League schools, Columbia's not exactly looked at as a powerhouse among gridiron teams.

But not even the smarty pants coeds who go there would think the Columbia Lions could suffer as much as they did during the mid-to-late-'80s, losing 44-straight games over that span—the second longest streak ever.

It's no wonder that fans rushed the field and ripped down the goal posts once the Lions finally ended the streak.

8. 1986-87 Los Angeles Clippers

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Before the excitement of "Lob City" featuring Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and the boys, the Los Angeles Clippers were never really that relevant.

Never was that proven more than in 1986-87, when the team went just 12-70 on the season, finishing dead last in the league in both putting the ball in the basket and defending the other team from putting the ball in the basket.

4. 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Any football fan knows the futility of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they first entered the NFL back in 1976.

Not only did the creamsicle-clad team go winless in their inaugural season at 0-14—getting shutout five times and boasting a scoring average of less than 10 per game—but they continued to disappoint by losing their first 12 games in the 1977 season.

26-straight losses to begin a franchise history is strongly advised against.

1. 2012-13 Grambling State Basketball

After examining each of the previous laughably pathetic teams, you might be wondering why the Grambling State men's team lands as our No. 1.

We'll just let you take a look at their schedule from this past season and realize that every single game they played ended with a "L"—finishing 0-28.

Yes, the aforementioned New Jersey Institute of Technology lost more games in 2008, but the Tigers' losses came against the worst conference in college hoops, making fans laugh at how bad they really were.